[JohnnyB]

When Treliving joined the Flames I didn't like it. Bringing in a GM from the Coyotes looked like a bad move and I expected the Flames would just be the Coyotes of the North. Fair to say he exceeded my expectations, and he was fantastic in many of his trades, but he was terrible with coaching hires and kind of blew it on building a long-term future for the team using a foundation of what has actually been pretty good drafting. He took his shots to go for a win, but it feels like he left the team possibly in worse condition than he got it despite the team having several of its highest ever draft picks in that time. Signing older guys to long-term and expensive contracts before peacing out and leaving for another team was also a brutal way to end what had been a pretty decent tenure. It definitely leaves me with some bad feelings about his performance.